| Do you feel that it is easy to write songs? Can | | | | humming melodies with nonsense lyrics is a great |
| anyone be creative? A song is the end product | | | | way to stimulate and actually write a song. |
| produced by stimulating your song writing powers | | | | Nonsense lyrics might not be the apropriate term |
| in many different ways. Let's take a look!Here are | | | | as every word you sing can trigger ideas that will |
| some tips on how to stimulate and develop your | | | | lead you to a phrase that might be the beginning |
| song writing abilities:ListenAn obvious tips of | | | | of a great song.DocumentationA very boring and |
| course! You have to listen to songs to find and | | | | bureaucratic word indeed but somehow you have |
| develop your taste. But don't just listen to the | | | | to find a way to remember all nice words and |
| music you usually listen to. Listen to things you | | | | melodies. A recording device like an mp3-player, |
| don't normally hear on the radio. It will help your | | | | mobile, digital recorder or tape recorder might do. |
| unconscious to create more interesting songs.I | | | | The simpler the better. You can of course do as I |
| recall that John or Paul in the Beatles talked about | | | | do, write sheet music and lyrics on scrap paper. |
| the music they heard on the radio when they | | | | However, this requires you to know sheet music |
| were young. The radio channels in those days | | | | notation unless you have invented your own |
| played many different types of music and they | | | | notational system.Using a computerPersonally I |
| were inspired by the melodies heard on the radio | | | | have discovered the advantage of using a word |
| like evergreens, jazz, folk music and classical | | | | processor at this final stage of creating the song |
| music and so on.On commercial radio channels | | | | lyrics. I usually write down the text with a font |
| nowadays you'll often find very niched music but I | | | | size that will fill a printed page. This makes it easy |
| think it is important to find music that differs a lot | | | | to see the text on the screen and taste the lyrics |
| from your normal taste. All these musical ideas will | | | | with my heart.This might sound a little weird but I |
| hopefully mold into interesting new melody lines. A | | | | guess that you want the listener to feel the same |
| form of fusion music.Chord progressionsSit down | | | | as you feel when you sing the song. You have to |
| with your guitar or at your piano just playing | | | | be touched by you own song first.When you |
| chords that loosely seem to fit together. Don't | | | | have the lyrics on your computer you can change |
| worry about the quality of your progressions. It is | | | | a word here, a word there and and read the |
| important to have moments when you play | | | | words over and over. One day you will realize |
| without evaluating things, otherwise you will not | | | | that the song is complete and you can relax and |
| dare to take the step into the unknown.Song | | | | be proud over your creation.A song is not a song |
| melodiesHumming melodies as you play chords on | | | | until it is sungWell, this means that you have to |
| your guitar or piano in a relaxed manner will | | | | give your song a chance to shine by singing it, |
| stimulate your creative powers. If you find it hard | | | | working on your way to perform it and learning it |
| to improvise melodies, it might comfort you to | | | | by heart. By singing a song often, even in front of |
| know that it is a talent but also a skill that can be | | | | other people, it will most likely mature and the |
| dveloped by practice. It can become a form of | | | | performance will develop and convey the |
| meditation that will clear your mind, stimulate your | | | | message of the song better and better.Peter |
| imagination and improvisational skills.LyricsWell, | | | | Edvinsson is a musician, composer and music |
| what do you expect me to write here? Right, | | | | teacher. |